Meet Records Fall, Goodwin Wins Two on Final Day of Speedo Grand Challenge

IRVINE, Calif., May 26. SEVERAL more meet records feel on the final day of the Speedo Grand Challenge meet today, including a fast 26.59 by Alex Lim in
the 50 back and a speedy 25.09 in the 50 by by Mike Williams.

Lim, a Malayasian Olympian who swims for Cal, is tuning up for this summer's Commonwealth Games in Manchester where he'll be challenging Australia's Matt
Welsh — last year's 100 back World Champion — for dorsal supremacy.

Williams, a former All-America for Coach Mark Schubert's USC Trojans, is now training in Phoenix and hopes to win a spot on the U.S. Pan-Pac team that
will swim in Yokahoma in late August via a high finish at this summer's U.S. Nationals in Ft. Lauderdale.

Not to be outdone, NOVA's Hayley Peirsol — sister of world 200 back record-holder Aaron — set a meet record with her 8:44.89 800 free win. In the men's distance race, the 1500, South Korea's Mo Cho Sung went a pr 15:49.19 for the gold.

The biggest surprise came in the women's 50 back, where hometown NOVA star Diana MacManus — current world-leader in both the 100-200 back — just edged Cal's Natalie Coughlin, 29.42-29.50. Coughlin won the Championship Finals (29.98-30.93) over Brooke Bishop with both ladies going faster in the prelims — Couighlin 29.79 and Bishop 30.74.

However, in the final finals, i.e., the timed finals (and don't ask how that makes any sense!) it was MacManus coming out on top. Similarly, in the timed finals of the men's 50 fly it was Williams edging
NOVA's Michael Cavic, 25.09-25.12. Hwoever, in the Championship Finals Jason Gagnon set a meet-record with his winning 25.32 to Cavic's 25.36.

In the women's 50 fly, former UCLA star Bethany Goodwin also took Coughlin to school, winning with her 27.66 to the latter's 27.74. Goodwin raced to her second gold of the meet with a 1:01.31-1:01.48 100 fly victory over former Stanford All-America and Sydney Olympian Gabby Rose.

In the men's 100 free, former Auburn stalwart Scott Tucker, now training with NOVA, won in 50.42. Another pair of former Auburn All-Americas — Kevin Clements and Dave Denniston — went 1-2 in the 200 breast
(2:21.92 – 2:23.96). Denniston earlier won the 50 breast.

The women's 200 breast was won by Erin Sieper (2:35.57).

The 200 flys saw current UOP Big West champ Robin Errecart win the women's race with her 2:18.09. The men's title went to former USC All-America Tamas
Kerekjarto (2:02.88).

TK will represent Hungary in a a couple of months at the European Championships in Berlin and was a Sydney Olympian too.